Plot summary

By answering a seemingly impossible riddle, Perseus (Harry Hamlin), the son of Zeus (Sir Laurence Olivier), wins the hand of the Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker) in marriage. Trouble appears in the shape of Calibos (Neil McCarthy), the Princess' former love, and his mother, the goddess Thetis (Dame Maggie Smith). In order that the dreaded Kraken not be released, Andromeda has to be sacrificed and Perseus searches for the Medusa. Her head is the only thing that can stop the Kraken.—Rhino